Exhaust-treating apparatus for steam-power plants



Elf/AUST 67514111 May 29, 1928.

5 1,671,503 A. J. ARMsQN EXHAUST TREATING APPARATUS FOR sfr-EAM Powpn PLANTS Filed Jan. 2o, 192s 2 sheets-smet 1 May 29, 1928.

A. J. ARMSON EXHAUST TREATING APPARATUS FOR STEAM POWER PLANTS 2 Sheets-Sheet 2 Filed Jan. 20, 1923 ,lima/ufo?? @MVM Patented May 29, 1928.

sgrnrggg 'y Lenses eater feierten@ l ALBERT J. Armeen, on PORT nunon, iure-Hman, assrenonz .nin-nor .AND Masiva ASSIGNMENTS, `To man aaneen EXHAUST naaerneconrany, oe. criavnnann,

OHIO., .A CORPORATON 10F 01110.

EXHAUST-renferme arranarusfron STEAM-Bowan enfin-ms.

' Application fined January 2051923. "seriai No. 613,932.

'This 'invention relates to steam power plants and has particular reference to vplan-ts suchas are employed on steam b oats,='espe-v ci'ally" those y'plying fresh water. lakes astheV Great Lakes, such plants yhavin-g a main -enginewfor propelling the boat and a large number yof vauxiliary engines, Iand utilizing a condenser generally a jet condenser to condense the exhaust steam `:from thernain engine. k j

ll'eretofore in steam plants v'on boats oi'the type referred to, it has been customary, and

in fact, `a universal practice A*to lead the exhaust Isteam from 'the -inain engi-ne direct to a jet condenser and to pump the boiler eed water from a Well into uihiclilthe condenser water is punrped'and to heat :the feed-water bytheexhajust steam from the auxiliary -engine, which Vafter passing through-the heater is discharged to latinosphere.l y The princi-pal object olf the present invention is fto utilize lmore effectively than 'here-V toiore, the heat linthe exhaust Asteam irom bot'lrtrhe main and auxiliary engines.

further object 'is to improve the eiliciency of the `plant as 'a whole, by reducing theamount of unsteheat, and 'by increasing the eiciency v"ot the condenserpart of the plant or the exhaust treating' apparatus thereof, particularly by 'extracting much of the heat from tlie exhaust 'steam before the latter is 'led to 'the condenser, utilizing the heat thus extracted to heat the Yfeed water passing to the boiler, and reducing the amount of 'water required in the condenser by virtue of the. fact thatxsteam of lo-wer temperature is re'qliired to be Condensed.

Other objects are attained :by niy invention which may be briefly summarized as consisting in certain novel combinations and arrangements oft parts which will :be described in the specification and lset i'orth in theappended claims.

1n the accompanying drawings, Fig. "1 represents diagrammatioa-lly or `conventionally `a portionof ya steamjplant involving my invention but omitting those partsV such as the rmain and auxiliary engines Aand boiler which are not essential to an understanding of the invention.; vFigs. -2 and 3 lare sectional views lalongthe lines-Q- and 3-s3 respec tiyelyfot Fig. 1..

1n Vthe drawings, 10 represents a pipe which .conveys the exhaust steam from the nii/ain engine. This pipe `is connected to a valve casing 11, 'the Valve being in the nature of a shut-off yalveyan'd this 4casing basan outlet 12 leading down to a horizontally disposed cylindrical chamber 13 wherein the feed'water is lie-ated and the temperature .of the 1exhaust vvsteam reduced as will `be explained presently. The exhaust from all `the auxiliary engines oi the .plant is preterably led to this saine cylindrical chamber 13,-this exhaust steam being introduced at the inlet 14 which is -aclljaoent to the inlet 12 'through which is brought the exhaust from the engine as just stated,

' At one end of the lcylindrical chamber 13 there isa header 15, and between thewheader and the end of the chamber Yfeed water is introduced, #as ,will `'be subsequently explained, bythe-pipe 16. At the Iopposite end of the chanibertlieSr-e lisla header 17, and-between this header and the 'corresponding-end otfithe lchamber it'he heated vvieed'water is led to tfhe ymain lboiler lby yan out'l-et 18. A baltliey 19 f wl'iich extends dewfn 'troni 4the itop :oi the chamber 13 near the header 17, ca uses the' water to Ailow downwardly and laterally over a settling chamber @Cinto which i'n'ost the sediment fa-lls, lleayling ythe Water willich passes to the boiler fairly clean. i y lll xtending hor-izontallly throu-gl-i the channber13, between the ltwo Eheaders 15 and 17 there a partition 21, and lextending between the headers l'fand '17 and communi# catingwith the spaces between the headers and *the 'ends (off the Ichamber are ia series of liorif/ionta'l iieed water t-ulbes 22 which vvare located 'both above and below 'the horizontal main partition A21.

which is connected to a jet condenser which may be of vusual construction, the

water for co'ndensingthe steam being intro-` duced through a pipe 26.

The water utilized in condensing the steam and that obtained from the condensed steam, flows downward throughan outlet 27 communicating with the bottom of the con-y denser', and to this outlet 27 there is connected a delivery pipe 28 communicating with a so-called air pump 29, containing an inner ported or perforated. cylindrical wall 30 and a piston 31 which is operated by the main engine, the piston rod being connected to a beam 32 usually operated by the crosshead of the main engine. The piston 31 pumps water up through valvedvoutlet ports 33 to a chamber 34 outside of the pump, and from this chamber the major portion of the Water is led by a pipe 35 over-board. The water for feeding the boiler, from which steam is supplied for operating the main and auxiliary engines is' led from this chamber 34:, and to that end a feedwater pipe 36 is connected to the chamber and to a boiler feed pump 37 operated by an engine which constitutes one of theauxiliary engines of the plant, and by ,this pump the feed water is forced into the space between the vheader 15 and the adjacent end of the chamber 13 by way of the pipe 16 already referred to, then through `the horizontal pipes 22 in the chamber 13 and out by way of the outlet 18 to the boiler. 4 1

Assuming that the is installed on a boat, and in the event the boat is in port and the main engine is not being used, other -means must be provided for pumping away the water from the bottom of the condenser andresulting from the condensing ofthe steam from the numerous auxiliary engines whichv are being constantly I thereforeA used while the boat is in port'. connect to the outlet 27 of the condenser 25 an auxiliary engine driven pump 39, this pump serving the same purpose as the air pump 29, and delivering water from the conf denser by way of the delivery pipe 40 into the pipe 35, which as already stated, conducts the water from the air pump 29 overboard. i Y l v Thus it will `be seen that the exhaust steam from both the main and auxiliary engines is passed through the chamber 13 through which the feed water is being circulatedby way of the pipes 22, and that the steam from bot-l1 the main and auxiliary engines, as just stated, is then passed to the condenser where it is condensed, producing a vacuum on the exhaustvsides of the engines. 4The warm or fairly hot water is pumped l,from the condenser anda portion of this is supplied to the pipes 22 about which the exhauststeam flows before it passes to the condenser.

lsteam plant referred to -Thus a considerable portion -of thel heat of the steam suppliedto the condenser, i. eQthe more heat given up to *the feed water, the

vmore easily the steam is condensed; that is to say, the less water is Vrequired for condens-- ing-the steam. Thisin another respectincreases the efficiency of the plant for the reason that smaller pumps and'less energy to operate the pumps are required tocarry away the water which passes from the bot.- tom of the condenser through the pipe 27.

I do not desire to be confined to the exact details or combinations shown and described, but aim in my claims to cover lall modifications whichdo not involve a departure from the spirit and scope of my invention.

Having described my invention, I claim:

1. In a steam power plant, a pipe for delivering exhaust steam from anl engine, a condenser lin which the steam is adapted to be condensed, a chamber between said pipe and the `condenser through whichy the exn hauststeam is passed, means for passing feed water through the chamber so that ay portionofthe, heat of the exhauststeam will be transferred to the feedwater, means for obtaining the feed water directly Afrom the outlet of the condenser, meansfordepipe and the condenser, a series of feed water pipes extending through said chamber, a water outlet chamber with which the pipes communicate, an outlet pipe at the'top of the outlet chamber, a settling chamber beneath the outlet chamber and communicating with the bottomy thereof, means for causing the steamto pass along said pipes before passing to the condenser, means for pumping water from the condenser, a feedwater pump receiving water delivered from the condenser and delivering water to said pipes in the chamber, and means associa-tedwith said chamber for directing the water from said pipes tothe bottom of the outlet chamber over the settling chamber. n n

3. In combination in a steam power plant, a pipe fordelivering exhaust steamfrom an pipe and the condenser and through which delivering the heated Water from said chamthe steam flows before passing to the conber, and means for causing said Water to be denser, a pump for delivering Water from freed of sediment before being delivered 10 the condenser, al feed water pump reeev` from said chamber, y v

5 ing Water taken from the condenser di- In testimony whereof, I hereunto ax my reet-ly from the outlet of said pump and designature. A liverng the same to said chamber, means for ALBERT J. ARMSON. 

